The rain is back – but not before having such beautiful weather, and incredible views like this, the week before.

Brandon Perron is a friend and a photographer here in Portland. He thinks he looks lame in front of the camera (and, really, who doesn’t?), but I’ll let you be the judge of that. If you ask me, I think he did pretty well. :)

Location: Pearl District

No rain, with temperatures in the high 50’s, in mid-winter…. it’s time to go outside and play.

On Saturday I received my first batch of custom letterpress business cards. In line with the entirety of my brand, the design is quite simple with only the brand logo on the front and “Wayne Toshikazu Photographers” on the back along with some basic contact info (website, phone) as seen below. The paper is 100% cotton, duplex (220 lb.) fluorescent white Crane Lettra. To make better sense of the duplex weight, I’ll just say that these cards are THICK.

Thanks to Lynn Russell at Satsuma Press in Covallis, OR, for doing a great job printing the cards and working with me to get them out in a very quick two weeks. She would love to hear from you if you are looking for a designer and printer for your letterpress projects. :)

Showing off his new sweater, looking as handsome as ever…